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er, Tos utb, FOi?ElalV IA 7 TEti.4bIGEA OL. 4 •- .PARtS, M A Y 245-s 4resterdaS , tt4 Sdriate t aSterri; bled in order to hear the - proposal ela sultum,.uniting Parma, Piacenza, and Tugcany; with the dominions of France. MAY 23.-- , On the 13th instant the Enipetor held a review of Several corps of infantry and cavalry, pear ' • the castle'of INhirrac, at Bayonne. In the evening,.. at six, their Majesties went on board I heir barge, ac compauied by several Generals, and visited the Dock yards. A vast number of people,were.present to witness the disembarkation, and testified their - joy at beholding their Sovereigns, by exclamations of " Long live the Emperor ! Long live the Empress!" MAY 24•.—Their Spanish Majesties are daily ex, peeled at FontainbleaO,'. where every thin is in preparation. Several baggage-waggons have already been sent from , hence thither, and a squadron of Chasseur Cavalry of the IMperial Guard arrived 3;es terdey, which will be followed by a 'detachment of Horse Guards. According 'to letters . from Tours, ;his Majesty was to arrive on the 21st. The Queen, MARIA LOUISA, was not expeeled till the 25th. • Oil the 18th inst. Baron VINCENT, Major-Gene ral in the Austfian service, passed through Nancy, . on his way to this city. M. ALOPET/S, lately Ambas sador of Russia at the Court of London, passed through the same town on his return to Russia. • • At Argenton, at Limoges, and all the towns on the road from Toulouse to this metropolis, guards of - honour-have been raised for the service of his Ma jesty the Emperor and King, on his return rim Bayonne. The Funds are 87 fr. 30 c..: the Bank Shares 1348 1. 75. c. MADRID, MAY 13.•-•;--The Grand Duke of BERG resides now in the Palace. The public service goes on as usual. Perfe6l repose reigns in the city. We expect every moment tidings of the choice of our • new King. The 'abuses of every kind svpich ex hausted.our country would at last have brought it to destruaiOn, and without doubt we should not have escaped the horrors of a bloody revolution. Now - We entertain the hope that our new Sovereign will gradually, and without violence, restore out old Mo ' narchy to its youth again c and that our longing for amelioration and reform will be at length gratified. „GENOA, MAY 4..--A-Man Of War, of 74 guns, called De Breslau, was yesterday launched here, on Which occasion the. Sea PrefeCts give a splendid breakfast. With . inward joy we see, that in this manner the French marine is 'every where tranquil and increasing, while that of Our enemy is wasting in useless. blockades. A few fortunate ExpeditiOns like that of the Toulon Fleet latterly, or a peace, which England will not long. be able to resist, are sufficient to furnish us wither number of experienced sailors; and to put our Fleet on a balance with that of the oppressors of the ocean. We already meet with assistance in the mariners of Denmark, whom the English have forced to be their enemies and our friends. Again a strong detachment of sailors of this nation have marched, under the direelion of a . Lieutenant, from Italy, and arrived here yesterday, on their way to Flushing. , BOLOGNA, MAY b.—Some English Frigates are .again gradually venturing into the Adriatic, but not ' ~,NOth a formidable forces ;We hear-from 'Ancona `;:and Manfredonia, ;that they have shown themselves • • Qff .the coast. However, the force in -Venice OM soon become so considerable, that no small-armed . - ,vessels will readily dare to enter the bay : besides ,the VesselS already fitted out, great a6tivity is ens-. Played there in building three Ships of the Line, and smallei ,Vessels. The Russian detachment Which wintered in Venice and Trieste is still. there, so that the Combined Squadron will be considerable. FRONTIERS OFTURKEY, AritiC3O.-The change in the Government of MoldaVia and Wallachia has been proclaimed at Jassy, by a Proclamation from, the Russian General Prince PitOSORoWSKI. It op , . 'Pears to hav e t a k en p l ace in consequence of a Treaty ; between the Russian Government and Prince Ytist- LAST!. The 'preparations for the opening of- the Campaign are altogether suspended on the part of the Russians. The Mussulmans.are also quiet ; and even that lover. f war, MUSTAPHA-BAYRAKTAR. GHENT, MAY B.—Pursgant to the commands of his 'Majesty the Emperor, the National Guards in the distrias near the coasts of the department of the seheldt have been put into aElive service, to the num ber of 500 men, from 20 1040 years of age: Their t destination the Island of Cadzant. This town is i to furnish 103 men. 1 STOCKHOLM, MAY 7.—His Royal Majesty re ceived,_ the day before yesterday, the following two Reports) from Baron ARMFELDT, General in Chief of .the Western Army, of the 'gih and tosh of this I month I'rtiST liEPoltT.—The 7th inst. the Enemy made 7 1 othes attack en the centre of the position of the s ' , " ,l b rigade, near the Orje-pass, • with equal 'violence. ""'d strength. The-Dalecarliatis; who were repulsed. . tati dislodged from the height in front of the pass, retr e ated by the bridge (which was afterwards set on ,; 6 ), and took post in the provisional entrenchments, Pict) had been previously, prepased on that side Of "e river. I have now ordered one battalion of the, !..,!!) brigade to reinforce,she corps of Colonel Baron "blesTstost, and it is to be hoped that the endei••; . ‘oura o f Prince of AuGussstsauscio to drive us . fron t those heights will - nris prove successful; The Ih l r uice commanded the attack in person., and orders always a compact body of troops to act against one tingle point; When the time shall have arrived to Inake a decLive attack with the Whole of our force, tae continual attempts, on the part of the Enemy, _in har ass and f at i gue our troops, will Pe put an end 'o: in th e meantime, the Enemy's . loss is 'always c oniiderabl e , an d on t h e 7t h i t was th e more severe, a our chassenrs, who occupied on the other side of th e pass a well covered. position, killed all who were d etached to reconnoitre. • G. M. ARMFELDT, • itiend Gets. in Chief of the Western Army. --ouart ers at Holutedat, May 9, ISO& SECOND REPORT.--I received last night the an n;d two R eports , f rom t h e Commanding. Officer t he 3d Brigade, rel a ti v e to the affairs of the sth and 7111 in stants 'i t i s in o u r power immediately to retake ls,. 'the position we occupied on our right flank, but as the enem seem determined to force the Orje • Pass, deem it most expedi;snt that the third Bri gade sho u ld , thst occupy a concentrated position, and s after the enemy's desire .to attack Shall have d, our former post shall be resumed. As the :8. . T• rOr thethy tha . y . alhb how ipt Apposed ready to matte SPORTING ISTELLIQBNLe. the attempt Of reconnoitring our Obsition oh the Lett Whig, have ordered alt the detablunehts under the ! orders of GeneralVEoEsAck to join us, in order that we may be able to maintain out-petition With vigoor and died. Count OXgNSTIEttNA has reported, that on the Bth in the morning the enemy made an at tack near Skortsberg, Which, however, proved, altogether undectsive On either side. G. M. AhNIFELT, Head-Quarters, Hohnedat,.the loth 111(4, 1808. Report from Lieut. O. CRONSTED r, of the Swedish Navy, to tht; Senior Lieutenant, KAP/ELM AN. On the gth inst. the undersigned - was ordered with the Gun-boat No. g, and to men of the mass, to •attack the. Russian position near Buendo. Our approach was made in the night perfectly undisco vered. The 10th, at break of day, we commenced the attack by sea and land, my gun-boat being Moored close in with . the shore. The Rus,shias made at first a very gallant resistance, but some discharged of grape shot from my twelve pounder soon com pelled them to surrender;. they were 52 in number, and immediately gent in boats to Kumling. in an other neighbouring Islet, one Major, four Lieuten ants, and 37 men surrendered without the least re sistance. We took also 4500 roubles, and 12 0. CRONSTEDT. horses. • Buendo, May 1 . 1, 1808, L.4IV REPORT. MANCHESTER, JUNE 1. COURT OF KING's BENCH, le'wE r. MONDELL V. SMITH. There was a meeting of the Cotton ManufaBurers . this day, pursuant to notice, at which it was unani mously agreed to advance the wages of the weavers 20 per cent. upon the present prices, to commenc6 on this day, and to make a further advance on the Ist of August. This being the greatest market day in the week, the town was very full. The Meeting was held at the Bull's Head, in the Market-place ; 300 manufaaurers attended it. It is confidently hoped that this proposal will be satisfactory to the weavers, and that they will go. quietly to work again. The town, however, is still full of soldier's. The Volunteers have been on duty all day, and will mount guard all night in . two opposite parts of the town. " We understand that .a communication has been made to the Boroughreeve and Constables, that it is the intention of the Officers and Privates of the Bar racks, to contribute a day's pay towards the support of the widow and family . of the man who unfortu-; . nately lost, his lite in St. George's Fields, on .Wed nesday last ; which a6t of generosity refleols the highest honour upon them, evincing that, in the discharge of a painful though necessary 'duty, they are actuated by the most benevolent feelings of hu manity. Yesterday being market-day at Rochdale, a large market-town, about 12 miles from this place, a great number of cotton weavers assembled, and a tumult ensued. One account says, that this assemblage, amounting un about 200, seized all the shuttles of such weavers as they, foundat work.---T yo bags full of these shuttles having been left behi.4l, while they went in search of others, were found and deposited in the House of Corre6tion. The weavers on their return missing the bags, and having learned where they were, went to the House of Correaion and de nianded them ; but being refused, they broke in, de molished the place; and burned some beds. AnotDer account says, that some of the weavers having been carried to the House of Corre6tion by the constables, this enraged .their friends the more; that in the evening they set fire to- the new Gaol, released the prisoners, and burned it to the, ground. No lives were lost in the affray, nor is it said that any person was wounded seriously. FOOTPADS.—The circumstances, which attended the attack on Mr. DANCE, on Sunday night, in West end-lane, near Kilburn Wells, deserve to be recorded. He was on horseback ~Two rutEins approached him, and ordered him to dismount anZI strip. They had pistols in their hands. Mr. DANCE immediately shot one in the breast, who instantly fell and grOanrei, 7 -,' Me other robber, seeing DANCE'S intention, shot at him at the same moment. The fellow's ball passed through the front ,of Mr. DANCE'S hat, and: out of the top, bur did not hurt him. The ruffian then retired a few paces, and took a regular aim at', Mr. DANCE, who shot at him at the same moment. Mr. DANCE, bein g obliged from his situation to fire with his left hand, missed his aim, but the robber wounded him in the arm, and took away a consider able portion of flesh. The fellow then went Co get his Comrade's pistol, the hew in the fright being immov able, but the wounded 'ruffian desiring his companion ,to attend to him, the fellow did not search for the 'pistol, but came with a bludgeon which he aimed with the utmost force at Mr. DANCE, who bent tor ward, and it' only grazed his back, falling with great, violence on the horse. At this moment Mr. DANCE used his spurs and the horse flew oft. MA-DANCE gave ah alarm to the Patrole,- who was abOut too yards from the spot, with whom he returned to the place, but the fellows were gone. •Mr. DANCE is only seventeen years of age. He is in the Navy. He is third son of Mr. DANCE, whose musical. ta lents are well known, and nephew of Sir NATITA- - NIEL DANCE, to whom he is evidently related in • gallantry, as well as by family ties. Early yesterday, as a man was going to attend sonic cows in a field at the back of the Queen"s Head and Artichoke public-house, leading to Camden Town, he found a man, genteelly dressed, who appeared to have been shot. - He proved to be a Mr. Jacobs, of Pratt-place, Camden Town. In the afternoon he went to visit Mr. Moss, who re 'sides at Cumberland-place, Lisson Green, and re ceived some money. When he left Mr. Moss, .he said he was going to Salisbury-place, where .he stopped to see some people. play at skittles till a late hour. About halt past eleven o'clock, • the land lord of the Queen's Head and Artichoke, • publlc,. house heard the report of a pistol, and the cry of" murder!" It Is supposed Mr. Jacobs was then attacked by robbers, and that he, being a resolute man, had resisted their attack. "In corroboration of this, hi's stick was found with some large"marks upon it, as lilt had given some violent bloWs.. His watch was stolen,, and it is supposed he had Bank ,notes about him to the amount of tool. - of which it is con jeaured the villains had by some means had intinma tion. Yesterday morning a Surgeon opened the body, and found that a large bullet bad entered the left side, through the niiith and tenth ribs, and passed through his heart. • . - EPSOM MEETIlstd. • ftivasna.v, ittits 2. 6 The i s.:cond and List year of a renewal of the Derby Stakes, or 5,45. loch, It. it. for three-year oid colts, Bst. 71h., and ti:lxi. Sst. Ilb. The' last mile and a half. The owner of the second horse to receive bogs. out of the stakes: Mr. Ha worth's names Sir fl. Williainson's Pan, by St. • G enrge, out of %Valton't darb • - • - .- t D. of Grafton's c. Vandyke, by Sic Peter - - 2 Ld Grusi•tnur's b. c; Chester, by Sir Peter, out of a Stvertbriar mare - - . - 3 . Mr. O. Radcbtle's Rubens, brother to Castret - 4 .Six t tuber hours started, but the judge could only place the Above fotir-.-an exceeding good race,-and won by a length. Before starting, ,s to 2 on the field agst Vandyke the tavoti rite, anti even betting on the field agst Vandyke and Kubeti-- 5.t0 r agst Clinker -4 to t agst Rubens- 5 tot agst brother to Tratalgitr, add 20 to t agst the winner: which was scarcely thought of in_ betting. It was, as usual, a sportive race, and considerable sums were won and lost on Vandyke. A Fifty Pounds, for horses, &c. that' 'had not won more than one 501. Plate since tfe rst of March, 187; 4-yr-olds. fist. 41b. s.yr olds, Bst, 61b. 6.-yr olds, 9st. anti aged, 9st.3lb. Two-Mile heats. , Li Foley's b. h. Comrade S . 1 Mr. Butler's b. 11. Eps6m, 4 yrs - 2 2 Mr. Cootlison's b. h. Foxburgh - - 4 3 3 Comrade, which horse won the plate yesterday, wag backed before starting at king odds against the field. .Atte the first heat, z tot on Comrade. The second heat was well contested. The last heat was wnh easily.. , This was an a6tion to .recover a compensation in damages for an outrage committed by the Defendant on the property of the Plaintiff. It appeared that the Plaintiff being tiewly married, and about to commence housekeeping, the Defendant, who is a broker, solicited his custom, and: proposed to furnish his house, giving hiM nine mouths credit. .Th'e proposition was acceded to, and the' furniture was looked out, and the Pktintiff's house furnished. Be fore the expiration of the credit, however, the Plain tiff being at Margate with his wite, the Defendant brought two carts to the door of the Plaintiff's bouse, and having obtained admittance, swept off every atom of' furniture he had supplied the. Plaintiff with. It was in vain. the Plaintiff's servant, who was left with a young child, entreated the De fendant to leave her a blanket to cover' her. The Defendant refused, observing, that she would find something in the*house to answer her purpose that wits not of his providing. It was for this out rage and lawless as of violence that the Plaintiff had brought hii aation. The Defendant, it also appeared, had acted in a similar way in two prior instana.s. The Defendant's Counsel (Mr. PARK) admitted the impropriety of his Client's coddu&,. who he said, had a&ed ignorantly, but not from a contempt of law. He was apprehensive he should, not get paid for his goods, finding the Plaintiff was embar rassed, and he took the expedient in question to save himself. It appeared that the Plaintiff had been obliged to pledge various articles to supply his temporary necessities, and,- amongst other things, a carpet, furnished by .the Defendint. It was urged, hr mitigation of damages, that as a verdiet must go against the Defendant, the costs of suit would be a pretty severe - punishment for the in 'temperance he had been guilty of. Lord ELLENBOROU . GH said, that tradesmen must understand, that when goods are fairly sold and de livered, they have no power over them. They he coare the pryperty of the purchaser, and can only be assailed by due course of law. • Some altercation took place between the respec tive Counsel, and it was agreed not to call upon the Jay for dainages, but to take a verdict for time Plain tiff, and let the daniageshe. assessed by some per sun out of Court, who would lake all the faats into his consideration, and decide accordingly. ISeveral other Commen Jury Cubes were tried, 'of no public interest.--The adjournment day ,of the ,Court of King's .Piench, Guildhall, will be on Monday, the 13th. . • JUNE 2. . , DUKE OF NORFOLK V. WORTHY, ESa. This was an a&ion to recover back 300 guineas, paid by the Plaitititf, as the deposit money for a lease hold. estate, called Ranger's Lodge, in the Forest of St. Leonard, Sussex. It appeared that Mr. Janles Hartins, the. Duke's Agent, law the estate in question advertised for sale by auCtion, if nut previously disc posed. of by private contra& : this last intimation in duced him to make further enquiry as tb the estate, and the result was, .that, he purchased it for i 5751. under a particular which stated, "that it was about one mile from the town of Horsham." When Mr. H. came to examine the estate, he found that it was at least three miles from Horsham, and no way con fleeted With the Duke's estates in that neighbourhood. The Defendant Jelled. on a proviso in the particular, which Said, • if there was. any error in the s tateme n t, it shouldnot vitiate the sale. The Judge,. however, said, that the difference was so material that it could ,not be considered as 4 mere error, particularly as the 'objeCt of the Plaiotiff was ,to purchase estates adjoin ing his own in that county, which would have been the case had it not been more than .a mile from Horsham.—Verdiet for the Plaintiff, 200 guineas. FAIREROTHER V. THE SHERIFF OF MIDDLESEX. This was an aetion to recover the amount of a loss the Plaintiff had sustained in the execution of a sale under the Sheriff. appeared' that the Plaintiff was employed to sell the effeCts of a publican at Hamp stead, under a writ offieriAcias, but before the goods were sold, they were claimed under .a prior judg ment. The Plaintiff, however, proceeded in the sale, sad the party recovered a verditi against him. • The. Plaintiff now brought his action against the Sheriff to reimburse his loss, but Lord ELLENBOROUGH held, that though the Sheriff was aecountableto a third per son for the trespass of his Officer, yet the Officer hifad no rtaion against his employer for damages ,sus tained by his own trespals.: The Plaintitf was accord ingly nonsuited. • • The Bill moved in ale House of Commons, by Mr. FuLts.a, .for the purpose of preventing the dif fusion of that dreadful malady, the Small. Pox, we cannot but hail. as a measure highly important td the interests of humility, and does honour to the feel ings of the worthy Member.- Proper restridive m"lsureA, -considering` the prejudice and folly of the lower orders of people, respecting this lamentable . 4Bris isioirdr, has.not unaptly been termed " the Plague," are imperiously demanded by reason ' And policy, 'as w e ll as by every mo tiv e o f htnuanity, THE zisr:ittlEßll,4. The Conattiltit+ 'of the flotificif CtitnmOns, gift the'.DiStillation of Sugar and' Morasses, their Second Report s which has been printed, and laid before the House. It states that, conceiving if' an inereased, con!otinption could be created, 'it would afford to aerial re.het to the Plainer, by . converting a portion of tlre inferior sugars to that purpose, the Committee accordingly turned their attention to that subject. " Understanding that an extensive trade in foreign spirits is carried oh under the protrelion of licenses front the Privy Council,' and at Netitralp Flags, the CoMmittee availed themselves of the information. of 13ersons . the most competent. to advise them with respect to the-probable:loss to the Reverie, by prohibiting or discouraging ihe impktation (if foreign spit-its in intnre, and hoW any eventual loss trlig6t be•com pensated. The Report then goes on to state, that foreign brandy and geneva .are *pug the et11.011‘1;. rated articles, the importation of which is permit ted by the general war, order of the King in Coun cil ; but the expences, risk, Ike. .being very,great; "The merchants of this Country, therefore, appir to the Privy Council'. for'particular licenses; whirl/ being granted, neutral vessels are chartered I,lr which, under these licenses, a trade is s e curely car ried on, which otheywise would not exist. The ships proceed- in ballast for the hostile Port, 'taking with them neitherßritish manufaCtores nor Colonial prodhce, which would 'render then liable to confis cation. They bring back foreign spirits, wine, and . fruit; but neither raw silk, nor any other article useful to the British manufacturer.. ,Those car goes are chiefly paid for by bills of exchange. As this' trade affords great encouragement ,to one of the chief staples of the &way, without pro moting, in the smallest degree,' the Welfare - of the shipping, manufaeturing, or Colonial interests of this country, it is evidently the policy, as we are J e d to believe it is the praCtice of the French Govern ment, to connive at its continuance, and -to preteet it. The sound policy of this country would seem to require the prohibition or discouragement of a trade in which the advantage' is reaped by the enemy ; particularly as by so doing, the produce of our own Colonies, and spirits, the manufaaurv'of our own , country, would replace ' those so withdrawn from the market. It appears, that the quantity of foreign spirits; for which duty was paid last year, was 2,101,187 gallons, and That the gross amount of the' duty was 1,336,0731. being at the rate of 16s. lid'. on fo reign spirits, and tic 21,d. on rum, while the ex , cise,cluty on British spirits, exclusive of the malt= duty, is only 7"s: lid. A bare substitution. of an equal quantity of British for Foreign spirits would be attended with a certain loss to the revenue . of 70,0001.: a year, and if to make up the deficit, ao additional duty were to be imposed upon British tipirPs, the Committee fear it Might permanently di. minish . the consumption of these articles.' Shonid; - however, the consumption of rum be increased by the,amount of one-third of the foreign spirit - % which paid duty ' last year, that increase Would . ri.e to 700,000 gallons; • and the West India interest would be benefited 4y increasing the demand for British brandy, which would cr a te a market fo: a pro portionate quantity of sugar and molasses. The Comaiittee therefore teCommend either• that the importation and use of foreign spirits should be pro , hibited dUring the war, or that the duties of customs and excise on all such spirits imported should be greatly increased ; and in th e latter case, they . tilio submit that it • would be highly expelent • to.lay heavy. duty on their re-exportation to any part of .t he world" The Report concludes with stating, that the Com• mince had examined witnesses with reipett to equalizing the duties on rum and Britiih . spirits, conceiving - that it would greatly ,encourr l ge the consumption of the former ; ,but that they refrain from recommending it, ,being apprehensive' that it mirit materially injure,' it not, entirely 'ruln, the distiller. The Committee further add, that they hope to be able shortly to lay a I.'hird Report l')olore the House, and that they are induced to lay the present separately,. that no time •May he lost in :rioting upon the recommendation which it con tains. THE BISHOP oks WORCESTER.--This venerable pillar of the Church, elegant Scholar, and ornament of human nature, died on Saturday last, at his epis copal Palace, Hartlebury Castle, in the 88th year of his age.He . ,very early in life distinguished himself as a man of taste, pure morals, and sound erudition ; and was therefore appointed Tutor to the Prince of AVAI.ns ,and the Duke of Yoax. He published, Many works calculated to spread the truths of the.• Gospel, and to lead mankind in the ways. of. virtue.. I,lis fighter hours wee assigned to the elegant amusement of literary , taste. He was the warm friend 01WitoloRTUN, whose works he colleacd and ;published) with an - admirable preface, in which h e gives a brief account Of the life, and a satisfaAory vin. dication, of the condat of that profound Scholar add staunch 'champion of the orthodox faith. Bishop HURD was highly esteemed and admired by all his friends and`conneEtions, who comprised the greatest men of his time. MASON records his virtues and their friendship in a Sonnet, whiCh, is one of his most beautiful etTosions. The Bishop of Woucs- Tfiß has left aohara&er behind him which places him on a level, in • point of moral worth, and piety, with any of his predecessors on the Episcopal Bunch,' 'highly and justly as it has hitherto been, distinguished by men whose lives were an honour to -their country and mankind. 11111ELD MARKET,. !UNIT. This day's market bad but an indifferent supply of Cattle; Beef; Mutton, Veal, and Pork are cheaper than our last report; Lamb is dearer, and the trade in generalNas not beer brisk. The business done in the Haymarket was trifling ; Hay and Clover fetched better price than Mondays market ; Straw sold at last price.—The undermentioned prices and numbers are an accurate statement : To sink the Offal per stone of Slb. Beef 4s. od. to Ss. W.—Mutton gs. 6d. to Ss. od.—Veal sq. ott. to 6s. od.— Lamb ss. od. to 7s. od.—Perk gs. cd. to 6s. od. 370. —Sheep and Lambs, 4,2oo.—Calves, By,-- Ptka, 2no. Hay 51, tos. od. to 61. 6s. od.—Clover 61, Jos. od. 0 v 71. 7s. od,-- S trata 21, teal, iS, pd. he op' pin es.z• V' IP cf 'to' the . r of tack